חנית
Hebrew
Etymology
From חָנָה (ḥānā, “incline to, to bend down, verge toward”), Classical Syriac ܚܢܐ (ḥənā) also meaning specifically “to aim”. From Semitic: Egyptian ḥnyt (“spear”).
Noun
חֲנִית • (khanít) f (plural indefinite חֲנִיתוֹת or חֲנִיתִים)
- a spear, a javelin
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- וְשָׁפַט בֵּין הַגֹּויִם וְהֹוכִיחַ לְעַמִּים רַבִּים וְכִתְּתוּ חַרְבֹותָם לְאִתִּים וַחֲנִיתֹֽותֵיהֶם לְמַזְמֵרֹות לֹא־יִשָּׂא גֹוי אֶל־גֹּוי חֶרֶב וְלֹא־יִלְמְדוּ עֹוד מִלְחָמָֽה׃
- And He shall judge between the nations, / And shall decide for many peoples; / And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, / And their spears into pruninghooks; / Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, / Neither shall they learn war any more.
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- וַיִּתֵּן יְהֹויָדָע הַכֹּהֵן לְשָׂרֵי הַמֵּאֹות אֶת־הַֽחֲנִיתִים וְאֶת־הַמָּגִנֹּות וְאֶת־הַשְּׁלָטִים אֲשֶׁר לַמֶּלֶךְ דָּוִיד אֲשֶׁר בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃
- And Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.
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Declension
Declension of חֲנִית
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | חֲנִית | first | חֲנִיתִי | חֲנִיתֵנוּ | ||
definite | הַחֲנִית | second | חֲנִיתְךָ | חֲנִיתֵךְ | חֲנִיתְכֶם | חֲנִיתְכֶן | |
construct | חֲנִית־ | third | חֲנִיתוֹ | חֲנִיתָהּ | חֲנִיתָם | חֲנִיתָן | |
plural | indefinite | חֲנִיתוֹת | first | חניתותיי / חֲנִיתוֹתַי | חֲנִיתוֹתֵינוּ | ||
definite | הַחֲנִיתוֹת | second | חֲנִיתוֹתֶיךָ | חניתותייך / חֲנִיתוֹתַיִךְ | חֲנִיתוֹתֵיכֶם | חֲנִיתוֹתֵיכֶן | |
construct | חֲנִיתוֹת־ | third | חֲנִיתוֹתָיו | חֲנִיתוֹתֶיהָ | חֲנִיתוֹתָם | חֲנִיתוֹתָן | |
plural | indefinite | חֲנִיתִים | first | חניתיי / חֲנִיתַי | חֲנִיתֵינוּ | ||
definite | הַחֲנִיתִים | second | חֲנִיתֶיךָ | חניתייך / חֲנִיתַיִךְ | חֲנִיתֵיכֶם | חֲנִיתֵיכֶן | |
construct | חֲנִיתֵי־ | third | חֲנִיתָיו | חֲנִיתֶיהָ | חֲנִיתֵיהֶם | חֲנִיתֵיהֶן |
See also
- כִּידוֹן m (kidon)
References
- Hoch, James E. (1994) Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 229